The Charles Dickens Collection, Vol. 2 (2000)

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The Charles Dickens Collection, Vol. 2 (David Copperfield / The Pickwick Papers / The Old Curiosity Shop / Dombey and Son)
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Directed by	Simon Curtis, Julian Amyes and Rodney Bennett
Cast	Emilia Fox, Pauline Quirke, Maggie Smith, John Normington, Daniel Radcliffe, Alun Armstrong, Patsy Byrne, Michael Elphick, Trevor Eve, Laura Harling, Bob Hoskins, Ian McKellen and Jacqueline Tong
Theatrical Release	April 16, 2000
DVD Release	August 15, 2006
Running Time	1090 minutes
MPAA Rating	Unrated
UPC Code	794051262820
Buy this item	$35.99 at Amazon.com As of Aug 3 1:04 EDT (details) 4 DVD, BBC Warner, Usually ships in 24 hours, Box set, Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, NTSC Languages: English (Original Language) Or 31 new from $28.48, 11 used from $28.45

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(8 reviews)

Great Series

This collection is made up from a TV series from the way it plays. In other words episode start, serial, episode ending and credits. That is the downside when you want to watch "Great Expectations" or others unbroken from start to finish. It would have been a good idea for the DVD producers to have editted all this out. Otherwise, this series is probably the best among many that have been produced in the last 3 decades. Still some of the older black-white movies such as Scrooge made in the 50's manage to grasp the ambience of living and other conditions in Dicken's time. This is not a bad effort though and is money well spent. Importantly there is no embellishment of the script and faithfully follows Dickens's books, (with good value too). May 14, 2008

Good condition, shipped fast

The item arrived within 3 days which was less than the estimated shipping time. It arrived without incident and in peak condition. January 21, 2008

Great BBC Charles Dickens series!

I loved viewing the four films in this collection. "The Pickwick Papers", "Dombey and Son", and "David Copperfield" were all very enjoyable to watch, while "The Old Curiosity Shop" was tolerable.

Overall, I wouldn't spend more than $30-35 for the set, yet I do believe that they are worth at least thirty dollars, if just for "The Pickwick Papers" and "David Copperfield (2000)", which were my personal two favorites.

The acting in these films was excellent and the plot, characters, and flow progressived well. The only negative was that I just thought "The Old Curiosity Shop" was poorly made with unbelievable characters and an inconclusive, poor done ending.
December 31, 2007

Charles Dickens Collection Volume 2

These DVDs were bought for my wife and she has really enjoyed them. She said the quality of the movies was very good and she hopes you will have other BBC productions in the near future featuring other Charles Dickens works.

From my point of view about ordering from Amazon is how easy it is to look for and order movies that you cannot buy in local stores. Thank you. September 1, 2007

very good collection

I particularly liked the "Pickwick Papers" which I had never seen on film before. It was charming. August 4, 2007

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